Between the four buyers they bought three units at the Apex Horizon in Kwai Chung in a provisional agreement reached last Wednesday, but it emerged yesterday that they were given what a lawmaker called a "surprisingly short" six days to conclude formal agreements - by tomorrow.

Venture capital firms Oak Investment Partners and Gobi Partners have asked a New York court to award them US$60 million plus interest in a breach-of-contract dispute against VisionChina Media, a mainland firm that broadcasts advertising-backed TV shows on Hong Kong's Airport Express trains.

The Supreme People's Court has issued another guideline designed to tackle common difficulties faced by court officials when trying to enforce judgments in civil lawsuits - a major problem plaguing the mainland judicial system and weakening judicial authority.

'I was not trying to lose weight, I was just applying for a job,' said a victim of the alleged Royal Bodyperfect slimming scam.

The 26-year-old woman, who did not give her name out of privacy concerns, said she was forced to pay HK$24,800 as a deposit for a slimming package when she applied for a job at Royal Bodyperfect in 2009.

Lawmakers yesterday urged the government to review its policy on hiring contract employees, after more than 700 non-civil service contract staff in the Buildings Department learned their contracts would be terminated.

'I received a telephone call on June 22 from an Easyfit telephone sales person who said the company was recruiting people to be beauty ambassadors. The caller said the centre would offer a free slimming programme and I would become a beauty ambassador and get paid for it.'

'I received a telephone call on June 22 from an Easyfit telephone salesperson who said the company was recruiting people to be beauty ambassadors. The caller said the centre would offer a free slimming programme and I would become a beauty ambassador and get paid for it.'

The Alliance of Hong Kong Public Market Retailers has threatened to paralyse traffic in Central by staging a protest involving 300 goods vehicles and 1,000 wet market stall operators next week if the government refuses to scrap new terms added to their rental contracts.

Actress Flora Chan Wai-shan is being sued for allegedly breaking an advertising contract with Slim Beauty Group by appearing in a magazine advertisement for SK-II cosmetics. According to the writ, filed in the High Court on Wednesday, the group is seeking more than HK$1.1 million damages from her and her manager.